Jack Pipes arrived at his birthday party in style — riding in a shiny red fire truck.

“It was all right,” he said, as he climbed down from cab of the Ruston Fire Department’s Engine 11.

Pipes, who turns 90 on Wednesday, is RFD’s oldest retiree.

The department, along with Pipes’ family and friends, helped him celebrate the milestone Saturday at Ruston’s Historic Fire Station. Pipes spent part of his 30-plus years with the department working out of the station when it was in active use.